# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows Git Bash detection and path configuration

## Open now

- 0 issues, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- PR #45452: fix: honor HERMES_GIT_BASH_PATH when locating Git Bash on Windows
- PR #56738: fix(desktop): detect scoop-installed git bash in findGitBash()

These issues and PRs relate to Hermes Desktop failing to locate Git Bash on Windows, particularly when installed to non-default paths or via Scoop, and efforts to support a custom path override via an environment variable.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 2 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.34`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #38963: \[Setup\]: hermes desktop strat fail, it say no git???
- #45435: Desktop boot fails when Git for Windows is installed to non-default path (D:\\software\\Git)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#42456: fix(desktop): honor HERMES_GIT_BASH_PATH in Git Bash preflight**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `volume_quota`; implication `active`
- **#45452: fix: honor HERMES_GIT_BASH_PATH when locating Git Bash on Windows**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#42456`, `#38044`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.cjs`, `gateway/run.py`, `tests/gateway/test_restart_drain.py`
- **#56738: fix(desktop): detect scoop-installed git bash in findGitBash()**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `39d09453f95e8aefc0c97e5d9b30ff341cae9ed8`, `#45435`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.cjs`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`